Gibbons was a fixture of the Denver art community who died in September 2019. Her work uses slip casting, organic matter, and found objects to show the fragility of the human experience.
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The Curative History of Colorado’s Jewish Community
For its debut exhibition, History Colorado’s Ballantine Gallery traces the Jewish community’s medical and philanthropic responses to the tuberculosis crisis in 20th century Colorado.
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Removing Suicide as the Filter for Experiencing Francesca Woodman’s Photography
From an uncovered box of photographs and ephemera, a portrayal of Francesca Woodman emerges that sheds new light on the enigmatic photographer.
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Color-blind Museumgoers in Denver Can Now See Art in Full Color
This week, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver began its partnership with EnChroma glasses, which offers lenses engineered for people with color vision deficiency.
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Meet the US Southwest’s Art Community: Steven J. Yazzie Sees Creative Community in a Climbing Gym
An interview series spotlighting some of the creative community members in the US Southwest. Hear from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.
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Black Cube’s The Fulfillment Center Considers the Role of Warehouses
This show considers the changing context of warehouses under the digital economy. On view at Black Cube’s newly opened headquarters in Denver, CO through December 7, 2019.
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An Artist Uses Buddhist Iconography to Engage in a Political Debate Around Tibet
Tenzing Rigdol enters a political debate that is disruptive, slippery, and without comparison in Tibetan contemporary art.
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Paintings that Capture Our Ever-Changing Perceptions of Boyhood
Enrique Martínez Celaya distills how the concept of “the boy” changes with judgement and time, just as painting itself is linked to materials and history.
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Bringing Our Social Media Spaces and Selves into the Gallery
An exhibition at the University of Denver features installations that substitute digital spaces and images for embodied replicas, and vice versa.
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At the Denver Airport, Art Fuels Conspiracy Theorists
The city of Denver is considering deaccessioning one of the most ambitious installations at its airport, but its art collection has long served as a source of inspiration and consternation.
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A DIY Space Is Forced to Close in Denver Amid the Post-Ghost Ship Crackdown
Residents of Rhinoceropolis, a seminal art space and DIY music venue, were kicked out of the warehouse complex last month over “serious fire code violations.”
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Decoding Painted Constellations of Tiny, Mysterious Symbols
The centerpiece of Jonathan Saiz’s show at Leon Gallery in Denver is a vast grid of 901 tiny paintings, the circles drawn around them and strings stretched between them evoking a conspiracy theorist’s obtuse research.